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76 Years of Beer Cans
Today is the 76th anniversary of the beer can. In To commemorate the occasion, I am posting an excerpt from Brewing Battles: A History of American Beer (Algora, 20070), pages 106-107. Krueger can....
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The Interview
Here are two links to my interview with Barry Eva: Interview with Barry Eva. If that doesn’t work try this: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/across-the-pond
View ArticleBeer Cookery
While doing some research for my new book, I came across a review, in the New York Times of Beer Cookery by Michael Harrison. It was published in 1954. “From England comes, not so oddly, “Beer...
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Containing Beer
On Saturday, I had dinner at Egg, a great restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. With the meal, I ordered a Narragansett Bock, 16 oz., and my husband had a Sly Fox Pale Ale. The restaurant didn’t have...
View ArticleConnecticut Trail of Taxes
The June/July issue of Yankee Brew News had two stories about Connecticut brewing that I think illuminate the shape of the craft brewing industry today. On May 11, the Connecticut Senate passed a bill...
View ArticleAlcohol Regulation
Another interesting panel at the ADHS conference was “Regulating Alcohol in the 20th Century.” W. Scott Haine spoke on “Vichy’s Greatest Victory: Liquor Licensing and Urban Renewal in Occupied France,...
View ArticleHappy Repeal Day
Today is the seventy-eight anniversary of Repeal. I am re-posting something I wrote three years ago for the seventy-fifth anniversary. It was posted on my pre-wordpress blog so I am not sure how many...
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He who drinks Pabst drinks best
After visiting the Pabst mansion, we walked to the site of the Pabst Brewery. The plant ceased operations in 1996. The brewery was massive and consisted of twenty-eight buildings. Some are in disrepair...
View ArticleMacro Beer versus Craft Beer
On Feb. 8, Elizabeth Flock, had an interesting in-depth article in US News and World Report about competition between macro brewers, such as Anheuser-Busch, and craft brewers. The key players in her...
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Drinking in Paris and London
I have been to Paris three times and each time I have felt that I generally got good wine. To me, who knows nothing about wine, French wines taste better than the wine I get in America. One of the...
View ArticleBeer and Taxes
At the end of January Congress introduced the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act. The bill would reduce the tax rate for large and small brewers. Both the Beer Institute which primarily...
View ArticleBeer History
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recently hires Theresa McCulla to oversee its American Brewing History Initiative. The Brewers Association, the trade organization for small and...
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Beer Tourism
From March 31 to April 8, New Hampshire will be celebrating the third annual Craft Beer Week. New Hampshire has sixty-three breweries and ten distributors. Events such as a Craft Beer Week, which is...
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Bock Is Back
Today is the March 2017 edition of The Session. Jon Abernathy of The Brew Site is hosting it. I decided to post an excerpt from Brewing Battles. Figure 13: Photo courtesy Modern Brewery Age....
View ArticleCraft Beer Lawsuit
Consumers who purchased craft beer from Walmart are now suing the store. Although the beer they bought has names such as Red Flag Amber that signify craft beer status, all the beer is contract brewed...
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Do women like beer?
The stereotypical picture of a beer drinker is a man who guzzles a six-pack at a sporting event. Most beer advertising, especially for mega produced beer, focuses on attracting this consumer prototype....
View ArticleRussian Beer Taxes
This post is in honor of the issue that has been dominating the news cycle for at least a week: Russia and its role in the presidential election. I don’t know if you can correlate a decrease in...
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Are We Rome?
We are currently in a period where macro brewers are buying craft brewers in an attempt to capture some portion of that market. Heineken becoming the sole owner of Lagunitas is a recent example....
View ArticleColorado Beer
Every day I get alerts from Google about beer. Recently an item about an event in Texas caught my eye. A beer store was having a tasting of Colorado beer from Left Hand Brewing. The notice reminded...
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Massachusetts Alcohol Task Force
Tuesday I attended a public hearing of the Massachusetts Alcohol Task Force. Deb Goldberg, the State Treasurer, created the task force to look at the laws and regulations governing the alcohol beverage...
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